Windy City Gators

Windy City Gators The official page for the Gator Club of the Chicagoland area

The Windy City Gator Club® is the official University of Florida Alumni club for Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit www.windycitygators.com or www.squareup.com/store/WindyCityGators to purchase merchandise or make a donation to our scholarship fund.

It’s time to shine that spotlight on another member! ✨ Get to know our June Member of the Month, Bernard Bynum (Bernard)...
06/30/2026

It’s time to shine that spotlight on another member! ✨

Get to know our June Member of the Month, Bernard Bynum (Bernard), below:

🔹Hometown: Spring Hill, FL
🔸Major at UF: Marketing
🔹Graduation Year: Spring 2023 for Bachelor’s, Fall 2024 for Master’s
🔸Occupation: Public Relations Associate specializing in Issues & Crisis Management
🔹Neighborhood: Lakeview East
🔸Favorite Gainesville Memory: When College Gameday came to town my freshman year for the 2019 Auburn game. Best game I ever attended!
Can’t also forget snatching a real Top 5 UF banner outside Lib West at 2 a.m. and meeting Trinity Thomas in the basketball student section.
🔹Favorite Gator Memory Post Grad: Celebrating the 2025 natty just 4 months after graduating. 🏀

Our annual scholarship application is now open for 2026! Our Scholarship Committee awards scholarships to incoming UF fr...
06/27/2026

Our annual scholarship application is now open for 2026!

Our Scholarship Committee awards scholarships to incoming UF freshmen from the Chicagoland area. Please make sure to review our website’s scholarship page for all general information and FAQs.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/oLcqd4x68SZJ8mNn7

The application closes on July 31 at 11:59 p.m. If you have any questions or concerns, you may reach out to [email protected]

Good luck & go Gators! 🧡💙

It’s Member of the Month time! 🧡💙This month, we’re featuring Kaitlyn Tran (), a California native who’s really embraced ...
05/31/2026

It’s Member of the Month time! 🧡💙

This month, we’re featuring Kaitlyn Tran (), a California native who’s really embraced Chicago as her home but also reps the Gators at every opportunity. 👏

Learn more about Kaitlyn below:

🔹Hometown: Orange, CA
🔸Major at UF: Masters in Mass Comm, Digital Strategy
🔹Graduation Year: 2024
🔸Occupation: Advertising
🔹Neighborhood: Lakeview East
🔸Favorite Gainesville Memory: Watching my first Gator Football win at The Swamp! And meeting my nephew for the first time - he was born in Gainesville and the biggest Gator fan!
🔹Favorite Gator Memory Post Grad: Dragging all my Chicago friends to Joe’s to watch Men’s Basketball win it all last year!

Want to get more involved with the Windy City Gators? Consider joining our board of directors! 🧡💙Shoot us a DM 📱 or emai...
05/28/2026

Want to get more involved with the Windy City Gators? Consider joining our board of directors! 🧡💙

Shoot us a DM 📱 or email 📧 us at [email protected] if interested.

Thank you to all who joined us at Cradles to Crayons for International Gator Day! 🖍️ We sincerely appreciate you dedicat...
05/17/2026

Thank you to all who joined us at Cradles to Crayons for International Gator Day! 🖍️

We sincerely appreciate you dedicating your time on a Saturday to help our community alongside fellow Gators. 💪🧡💙

It’s time for our next spotlighted member! 🐊🧡💙This month’s feature is Ty Van Duyn (), a Double Gator who traded the Flor...
04/29/2026

It’s time for our next spotlighted member! 🐊🧡💙

This month’s feature is Ty Van Duyn (), a Double Gator who traded the Florida sunshine for the city energy of Chicago.

Needless to say, Ty’s Orange & Blue pride runs deep. I mean, he’s literally walked in Albert’s “shoes,” y’all! 😉

Learn more about him below:

🔹Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
🔸Major at UF: B.S. in Advertising, M.A in Mass Communications
🔹Graduation Year: 2021, 2024
🔸Occupation: Social Media Specialist for
🔹Neighborhood: Wrigleyville
🔸Favorite Gainesville Memory: Getting to spend all year watching Florida compete in every sport from football to softball and all the others in between.
🔹Favorite Gator Memory Post Grad: Going back to Gainesville to watch us win the 2025 National Championship in Basketball

Every small action counts when it comes to protecting the place we call home. 🌎 Let’s celebrate the beauty of nature tod...
04/22/2026

Every small action counts when it comes to protecting the place we call home. 🌎

Let’s celebrate the beauty of nature today & commit to a more sustainable future for everyone. 🌱

Happy Earth Day! 💚

Join the Windy City Gators for International Gator Day on May 16! 🤝 This year, we’ll be volunteering with Cradles to Cra...
04/13/2026

Join the Windy City Gators for International Gator Day on May 16! 🤝

This year, we’ll be volunteering with Cradles to Crayons at their Giving Factory, supporting their mission to provide essential items to children in need across Chicagoland.

The day will be a great opportunity to connect with fellow alumni, give back & show what it means to be a Windy City Gator. 🧡💙

Afterwards, we’ll walk over to Burning Bush Brewery to keep the camaraderie going! 🍻

Spots are limited, so be sure to sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gator-day-of-service-tickets-1986009781719?aff=oddtdtcreator

It’s that time of the month, again! ✨ For March, we are rolling out the red carpet for Meriza Candia-Thompson (), an El ...
03/30/2026

It’s that time of the month, again! ✨

For March, we are rolling out the red carpet for Meriza Candia-Thompson (), an El Paso native & double Gator, who’s seen some legendary moments in the Swamp firsthand & was a great cheerleader at one of our events last summer.

Read more about Meriza:

🔸Hometown: El Paso, Texas
🔹Major at UF: Bachelors- Political Science; Masters - Leadership Development
🔸Graduation Year: Fall 2018; Spring 2021
🔹Occupation: Higher Education Professional
🔸Neighborhood: Schaumburg
🔹Favorite Gainesville Memory: Being in the Swamp for UF vs Tennessee & witnessing Franks’ Hail Mary pass to Cleveland
🔸Favorite Gators Memory Post Grad: SEC Kickball Tournament

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